Sowndwave76, IMO you missed out. The PotP Dinobots are quite good, even if Slag et al aren't the ideal size (it was the only way they were all getting in at once, and I can deal with that); the likenesses are down pat, and the articulation and transformation improvements are delicious. I wouldn't mind them getting new toys at a bigger size, but the PotP ones are so good on other fronts that it makes up for that.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Gauntlet, I own all five G1 Dinobots and the PotP ones are hardly mediocre. The only knocks comparison-wise are Slag lacking wings the and reduced accessory count. But considering all the improvements in articulation and the fact that HasTak managed to do something about SLAG'S STUPID TRICERATOPS TAIL...
I own all the toys I mentioned, including the PotP Dinos, Platinum Dinos and, stupidly, the SDCC Dinos because I had an obsession with getting the "perfect" Classics set. I even own the G1 dinos and a stupid amount of G1 styled Grimlocks.
So, in my informed opinion owning many G1 dinobot toys, the PotP toys leave a lot to be desired
And what were these expectations of yours that they failed to live up to, hm?
I was expecting new figures that painstakingly replicated the G1 toys' looks while improving articulation and integrating the combiner gimmick as tidily as possible (which they did, and fairly seamlessly on Slag et al). And minus Slag's kibble wings, that's exactly what we got. Oh, sure, their accessory arsenals are a tad lacking, but CHUG has always suffered on that front. Some of the G1 figures' weapons being 5mm compatible helps compensate in their case, as do Prime Master armors and Titan Master vehicles.
My big disappointment was not getting a Scorn retool of Grimlock.
Tuned Agent wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think the best way to get Voyager Dinobots is to space them out over a three year trilogy (like WfC) two Voyagers a year then a leader Class... Though that could be what they're planning regarding the 86 SS idea, get Grimlock this year, two Voyagers next year, then the last two the year after. Though does swoop really have to be a voyager? His alt isn't bulky, I could see him just being a tall deluxe
While this would definitely be the way to do it, I don't think this will happen given HasTak's current attitude of making all of a team in the same line (though they probably did that so everyone would buy all the Siege seekers and datsuns before the "better" ER ones were revealed, a hurdle the Dinobots wouldn't have to jump over).
Well, they certainly wouldn't have wanted the Cybertronian modes and Earth modes sharing the shelves. Especially not the redeco-cow molds.
And speaking of molds, that's a major reason the Dinobots
would be spaced out if made. The core five require
four separate new molds at minimum. They're also all the same color scheme, another reason for them to be spaced out.
Here are some more thoughts of mine on doing new Dinobots:
With the flexible way Hasbro is using the Leader class, I think having
one of them be Leader wouldn't be a bad idea. Here's why:
At Voyager size, none of them can be molded their complete arsenal without their body mass taking a hit. That's how the game works, and if you expect it to magically change without a substantial shift in the global economy you're delusional.
So I think four of them should be made at Voyager, limited to one accessory each so the rest of the plastic can go to their body mass. While one - probably Grimlock, because he's a big name and an ever-popular T. Rex - is made at Leader so that he can use the extra mass allowance for all the remaining weapons. Plus Tyrannotron if there's plastic left.